The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-10-07
Extracted IRON the Records Of the Archaic
Club.
[BY pERcIvAL LEsLIE.l

Al TINS Juncture the Ancient ana
Honorable Chairman with the aid of
the gavel called the Society to a
sense of duty, and announced that
the Reverend Chaplain desired to
say few words, and inasmuoh as
he was the main cause of the pre-
sent misunderstanding, he thought
he should quietly be allowed the
floor.
When the noise subsidized the
gentleman refused to begin his re-
marks by dwelling considerably up
on his establishment and sorrow at
the unfortunate occurrence. That
the religion, whose unworthy repre-
sentative he was, needed no such
thing as an insult and consequently
wanted no man to put his life in
jeopardy in defence of any of its
ministers. The Chaplain here with
a benign smile asked the gentlemen
to think of the matter no further,
but rather to take into consideration
the Resolution, he had had the
honor of presenting to the meeting.
eddie Lighthead here interpo-
lated the remark that the attempt of
the Ancient and Honorable Gentle
man to remove the sting from his
remarks were very godlike and
proper-but he was very sorry to
state that they had no influence
whatever upon his action. That if
the Rules of the Society denied him
the proper satisfaction, that he would
drop the question for the present,
only 10 renew it at another time,
when and where the laws of Society
would accord him ample redress.
The gentleman before resuming
his seat, moved action on the choker
Resolution. The Resolution was
accordingly put to the meeting, and
amid deafening applause unanimous
ly carried.
After the uproar was over, the
Ancient and Honorable chair an
nounced that the motion just carried
provided for the appointment by the
meeting of an Envoy to carry out
the purposes of the Resolution-that
therefore the nomination would be
in order.
eddie Lighthead, placed in nomi-
nation Lord Algernon Racquette of
Racquctte Hall, Dorset.
Algernon Softspot placed in nomi-
nation the Rev. Straight Choker,
Chaplain of the Society.
After these names had been pro-
posed q few moments of silence
ensued, and no one seeming DESTROYS
of mentioning any other, the ancient
and Honorable Chairman declared
the nominations closed, and directed
the Ancient and Honorable Secretary
to proceed to an election, which he
accordingly did, by appointing suit
able gentlemen to superintend the
same.
The Polls were opened, and with
wonderful degree of digniled
solemnity the members individually
advanced to the table and deposited
their ballots. In an hour the cleo
ton closed, and the officers retired
to count the votes cast.
During their absence the meeting
informally recognized over which
the Ancient and Honorable Chair
man consented to preside.
eddie Lighthead called upon
Lord Racquette for a speech and
upon that noble gentleman declining,
there arose such storm of objec-
tions, that he, finding it impossible
to remain quiet, finally said, he
had never made speech in all his
life. True, he had been in the
Parliament of the Realms for up
wards of ten years, and true, also,
that in all that time, he had never
made speech. He had advocated
every important measure, but it was
with the powerful eloquence Of silence
that makes its curshing weight felt
in the ballot. When he came to
think of it however, he did make
speech once. 1t was when he was
at Rugby. The occasion the ami
versary of the class. He had gotten
on in his speech as far as the USE
fitness of the school, when all re-
collection ceased, until he awoke the
next morning and found himself
beneath the table, with his head
resting on a broken punch bowl
where it had been placed by the
tender hands of a sympathizing
friend the night before, Laughter
and Applause1 He was extremely
thankful for the honor conferred
upon him, in placing his name in
nomination fQr the high office of
Envoy to Peru--but he was from
sense of Justice compelled to say,
that he was not nearly SO capable to
hold the Office as was his Ancient
and Honorable competitor the Chap
lain, ard that he hoped that his
friends in the Society would so
confirm his opinion by their votes.
TCries of no no from the Racquette
faction, and applause from the
Choker Party]. With these few re-
marts he hoped his friends would
now allow him to retire to the digni-
fed quietness of an expectant
nominee.
The Noble gentleman took his
sRnt amid lanohter and annlansa